1903 Map of Wayne Creek

About this map

The Milk River valley and the southern portion of the Big Rock Coulee region define this 1903 landscape, surveyed by H. L. Baldwin, Jr. and a team of topographers including H. H. Hodgeson. The northern plains of the quadrangle are characterized by a dense network of glacial depressions and ephemeral ponds, such as Mud Lake, while the southern margin shows the vital transport corridor along the Great Northern RR. Isolated outposts like Nickols Ranch and Reddenbacks Ranch represent the early livestock era in this part of Montana. The drainage patterns of Wayne Creek, with its East Fork and West Fork tributaries, cut through the central terrain before reaching the primary river valley near the settlement of Montauk.